LD Philip Lindhfelt racked the Sharpys up at the rear of the stage and used them to beam directly onto the audience, which provided some spectacular, 1990s scanner-style, mid-air displays.
Playing to packed houses in arenas in the Norwegian cities of Stavanger, Bergen, Ålesund and the capital Oslo, We Love the 90s was a sell out event. Lindhfelt used the Sharpy before but never quite like this, as he explains: "I used them primarily as an effects fixture. Bands such as Scooter are quite progressive in terms of their music. I needed a fixture that was fast to respond. While the speed and the brightness of the Sharpy make it an ideal fixture for an event like this they also allowed me to recreate the effect of the old fashioned scanner that LDs used back in 90s club-land, but with a modern twist."
Lindhfelt made considerable use of the Sharpys comprehensive feature set, creating looks that encompassed retro to modern day lighting, for everything from mid air effects to gobo projection work on the stage. "I used the Sharpy a lot for big mid air effects and retro scanner looks but I also used them for effects down on the stage. I found that with the frost and the prism I could also achieve wide gobo projection, which is brilliant."
Pio Nahum, chief commercial officer for Clay Paky, says, "We are, as ever, delighted to see the Sharpy being used so creatively, in so many diverse ways, and on such a huge sell out show. The bands may well all have been popular in the 90s but there's obviously nothing 1990s about the lighting!"
(Jim Evans)
